EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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tion of road, not less than one mile long, shall present a petition

to the County Commissioners of the county where such road,

Right of peti-
tion.

or section of road, may be situated, stating in said petition

the desire of said petitioners to have said road, or section there-

of, constructed or repaired under the provisions of this Act,

and stating further the willingness of such petitioners to pay

for the said construction or repairs, a sum equal to ten per

centum of the cost of such construction or repairs, it shall

be the duty of said Board of County Commissioners to make

such a request to the commission delegated by this Act, as set

forth in Section I hereof, upon the payment by the said peti-

tioners of said ten per centum, or the giving by them of an ap-

proved bond to the County Commissioners for the payment

thereof at any time it may be demanded by said County Com-

missioners upon the filing of a similar petition, and the taking

of similar proceedings regarding the extension of any road

which, in the opinion of said commission, has been properly

Extension of

improved, a similar request shall be made to the aforesaid

roads.

commission by the Board of County Commissioners of the

county where such extension lie, even though such proposed

extension be less than a mile in length.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the said commission,

after the receipt of the notice mentioned in the first section,

Deciding road
a proper

or that mentioned in the second section of this Act, and due

one to be

examination, shall be of the opinion that the proposed con-

built.

struction or repair of roads mentioned in such notice would

be generally promotive of the objects herein contemplated.

and that the said road or proposed road is a right and proper

one under the circumstances to be built or improved, and if

the amount appropiated by the State under Section 16 of this

Act and apportioned by Section 12 of this Act to the roads

of the county in which said proposed road or extension is

located shall be sufficient for the outlay necessary therefor,

the said commission shall make or cause to be made neces-

sary surveys, and draw up, or cause to be drawn up, plans

and specifications for the proposed work, and shall furnish an

Plans to be
drawn up.

estimate in detail of the cost of performing such work accord-

ing to such plans and specifications.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the specifications shall

require the construction and improvement, within a reason-

Macadamized

able time, of a macadamized or of a telford or of other stone

and other
roads.

road, or of a road constructed of gravel, or of other good

material, in such a manner that the same will be, with reason-

able repairs thereto, at all seasons of the year, firm, smooth

and convenient for travel.